Chiarelli meets with Oilers; finding cheap goalies; Sabres sign Eichel's linemate (Puck Headlines)
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— Curtis Lazar (@CurtisLazar95) April 21, 2015
• Smilin’ Curtis Lazar with an adorable get well card to Chris Phillips.
• Peter Chiarelli is meeting with the Edmonton Oilers for an unknown position. President of Hockey Ops, perhaps? [Sportsnet]
• Want to have success in the NHL? Bet hard on finding a good, cheap goalie. [Globe and Mail]
• The Winnipeg Jets face elimination tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. What can they do to get back in the series? [Jets Nation]
• On the Ducks and their ability to come-from-behind. [Yahoo]
• It’s Craig Anderson’s net in tonight’s do-or-die for the Ottawa Senators. [Ottawa Citizen]
• The Washington Capitals are even in their series with the New York Islanders because of the play of Braden Holtby. [Bleacher Report]
• How does Jason Garrison coming back to the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup affect Nikita Nesterov? [EnLightning]
• Peter Laviolette on the Nashville Predators facing a 3-0 deficit: ”Our guys are resilient. They will not cave. And they will not go away quietly. So they'll be ready to play Game 5, I promise you.” [CSN Chicago]
• In a move to go along with their drafting of Jack Eichel at No. 2, the Buffalo Sabres are have signed the Hobey Baker winner’s linemate, Evan Rodrigues. [Sabres]
• Rob Ford, yes, that Rob Ford, has a head coach and general manager in mind for the Toronto Maple Leafs. [PPP]
• Zdeno Chara will be sidelined with a non-displaced fracture of his left fibula and will miss the World Championships. [Bruins]
• The rover was an interesting position way back in the day. Whatever happened to it in hockey? [Greatest Hockey Legends]
• The Penguins’ local TV ratings were during 13-percent this season, but still remained highed among US NHL markets. [Sports Business Daily]
• Some pretty solid reasons for the Penguins to make their goal song Andrew W.K.’s “Party Hard.” [PSAMP]
• Seems like the White House doesn’t want to host the 2014 NCAA champions of Union College. [Washington Free Beacon]
• It’s your pick in the fantasy draft, do you take Scott Hartnell or Ryan Callahan? [Dobber Hockey]
• The NWHL has announced May free agent camps for interested players in Connecticut, Boston, Buffalo, and New York. [NWHL]
• It was an historic night for the Val-d’Or Foreurs in the QMJHL playoffs. [Buzzing the Net]
• Finally, via Grantland, an interesting mini-doc on analytics versus NHL enforcers:
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